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A Class 126 "Inter-City" diesel unit departing from
Glasgow Central on the 12.00 to Ayr, on 18 August 1981.
These trains worked Ayrshire coast services until the lines to
Ayr and Largs were electrified in the mid-80s. |
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Another class of DMU which disappeared during the 1980s was
the Park Royal Class 103. An example is seen here at Machynlleth,
on the 10.42 to Pwllheli, on 12 August. |
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A Class 506 1500V d.c. electric multiple unit, M59601M, at
Manchester Piccadilly on 8 July, with the 12.00 to Hadfield.
These trains were built to an LNER design and introduced in 1954.
They worked services between Manchester, Glossop and Hadfield
until the line was converted to 25kV a.c. in 1984 |
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Shortly before the closure of the line and the withdrawal of
the Class 76 electric locomotives, 76039 and 76038 approach
Torside with a loaded MGR coal train, on the Woodhead route
between Sheffield and Manchester. The date is 8 July
1981. |
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InterCity 125 253026 comes round the curve at Dawlish Warren
at the start of the famous sea wall section, working the 14.25
Paddington to Plymouth on 2 July 1981. |